Truck



(No Model.)

' w .R. "W. FISK.

' TRUGK. No; 290,020.. Patented Dec. 11,1883.

' WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

ATTORNEY-S.

a UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFIC REDFORD \V. FISK, OF STRONG CITY, KANSAS.

TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,020, dated December11, 1883.

Application filed July 20, 188

(No model.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EEDFoRD W. Frsx, of Strong City, in the county ofChase and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Im- 5 provedBarrel-Roller and Box-Truck, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, strong, inexpensive,and durable machine, adapted for rolling barrels on their side or bilge,and for moving barrels and boxes and setting them up endwise wheredesired both easily and conveniently and at an economy of time and laborover the use of other devices commonly employed for these purposes. f

The invention consists in a couple of reversely-curved arms, havinghandles at one end and clamping-disks at the other end, for seizing thebarrel or box, said arms being fitted with looking ratchets and pawls,and one of the arms having adj ustably or rcmovably connected to it awheeled truck, on which the barrel or box may be supported andtransported, the arrangement being such that barrels may be rolledontheir bilge or on the truck, and both barrels and boxes may be movedand'placed on either side or end, as desired, all as hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improvement as applied to use inrolling a barrel, which is shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a like View,partly broken away, and showing the improvement with the truck applied,and as employed in ending up or moving a box. Fig. 3 is a detail insideedge elevation of a part of one arm of the roller and a front view ofthe truck attached thereto; and Fig. at is an enlarged front View,showing a barrel-clamping disk and its connection with an arm of themachine.

- My improved machine consists, mainly, of two strong reversely-curvedarms, a, pivoted together on a stout pivot-bolt, b, and having handlesa, of round open loop, -bar, or other suitable shape, for securing afirm hold of the arms to swing them on pivot Z), to cause their lowerends, (I, to move to 'or from each other I and grasp or release thebarrel or box to be moved; At about the center of each arm a, I form onor fix to them the ratchet-plates e, which are curved on a line from thepivot b as a center, and said ratchets 0 may have about a quadrant shapeand connect at one end by a fixed radius-bar to the arm; but I prefer tocurve these ratchets in about a complete semicircle, and connect them toarms a at like distances each side of the pivot 11, whereby they servebetter to strengthen the arms, and also have a better appearance. Eachratchet e is engaged by a pawl, f, pivoted to the opposite arm a at g,and having a guided trip-rod, h, which leads up to the handles 0, andhas an angle or loop head, 'i, by which to lift pawls f from theratchets e by the hands grasping each handle, the pawls f dropping intothe racks cby gravity. The lower ends, d, of arms a are fitted withclamping-disks j, which have stud-pins It, for entering the oppositeheads of a barrel at about their centers, as indicated in Fig. 1, inwhich position they may be firmly locked by the ratchets and pawls e f,as will readily be understood, so that the barrel may be rolled on itsside or bilge to any place desired, the disks j being fitted to arms a,preferably by the ball-and-socket joint Z or other strong joint, holdingthe disks to the arms and permitting a free rotation of the disks invertical plane, and with their clamping-faces at about right angles tothe plane of arms a.

The improved barrel and box truck attachment consists, mainly, of wheelsm, mounted arms or standards, 0, each having a hook, p, at the upper endfor engaging apin, q,- passed through one of the arms a, the standards 0being spaced apart, so as to fit quite snugly on opposite faces of arma, for a substantial connection to the arm when the pin q is engaged byhooks 19. Standards 1" project from axle a, and are of such length thatwhen thetruck is adjusted to arm a the ends of these standards will beabout in the plane of the face of disk. 9', thereby permitting thestud-pins la toenter the barrel or box to be moved, while entirelyrelieving the connections or joints of the disk j with the arms a of theweight of the load.

In using my improved machine, when it is desired only to roll barrels ontheir bilge, the truck at n 0 may be disconnected from its arm suitablyon an axle, n, from which rise two (2. and the arms an adjusted toengage the disks j with the heads of the barrel, as in Fig. 1; but whenit is desired to remove a barrel standing on its end and set it on endagain at a distant point, the truck m a 0 will be connected to its arma, as in Fig. 2, with the arms a supported on the wheels on in verticalposition or cdgcwise. The barrel 011 end will then be tilted to run thetruck beneath it and the arms a will be adjusted to clamp the oppositeends of the barrel, which may now be raised and carried directly by oron the wheels at to its new place; or the clamped barrel, with the armsa and connecting-truck m a 0, may be turned bodily to roll the barrel onits side or bilge to the .point desired, when the barrel and machine maybe again turned to be supported by the truck, as at first, for finallyplacing the barrel endwise in its desired resting-place, all of whichmay be done more quickly and with greater case than by the common.methods. In moving boxes, they may be grasped by disksj by the ends orsides, whether lying on the end or side, and readily moved by the truckm n 0 to any distant point, and again positioned on the end or side, asdesired.

Fig. 2 represents a box g asped by or atthe ends and as being moved bythe machine, the uses of the standards a in supporting the load beingclearly indicated.

I do not abandon 0r dedicate to the public any patentable feature setforth herein and not hereinafter claimed, but reserve the right to claimthe same either in a reissue of any patent that may be granted upon thisapplication Orin other applications for Letters Patent that I may make.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A barrel-roller and box-truck constructed with a pair of handles andpivoted arms, a, fitted with ratchets and pawls c f, clampingdisks j 7.,and a truck, m a 0, fitted to one of the arms a, with the axle 11arranged at aright angle to the plane of arms a, substantially as shownand described.

2. The combination, with the handled and pivoted arms a, fitted withratchets and pawls c f, and clamping-disksj h, of the trip-rods 71,extending up to the handles 0 of arms a, substantially as shown anddescribed.

8. The combination, with the arm a of the truck, of wheels m, axle a,and standards 0, havinghook-headsp, forengagingaprojecting pin, q, ofthe arm a, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, with the arm a, fitted with a clamping-disk, j,adapted to engage one end or side of a barrel or box by its studs k, ofthe truck at a 0, hooked over the arm at p q, and having the standards7, for sustaining the weight of the load, substantially as shown anddescribed.

5. The barrel and box truck herein shown and described, consisting ofwheels on, axle a, arms 0, and standards 1', projecting from the axle,substantially as shown and described.

REDFOBD N. FISK.

Witnesses:

HENRY L. Goonwrx, G. SEDGWICK.

